Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-07-21
yp JEyIFER's INHERITANCE,

VI
81 p.v Clement Jenifer had Inherited a
u nertvl The lawyers letter announc-
II t,ba fact lay before him, beside the
Lfast which he had forgotten in the
u ongbt of this unexpected good fortune.
rss not a meager breakfast, although
Isnifer at five and forty was still only
.,yate on a stipend of $50 per annum.
n though the greater part of his twenty
in holy orders he had acted on the
E.;nciple that if he gave his time to the
81 WAS as much as they
"a 1ld EXPECT; and 80 if they called Parson
"a nifsr hard and close, and preferred
q o;ng TO the Viear-why, that was not
IN fault
u,s inheritance consisted in good
= on.s and several hundreds a year, and
In .at and thought over the difference
n 1, would make in his future. No more
IA, him the daily service, read as part
IN Inc DAVIS work-no more visiting of
u rftless, complaining muddling poor,
4 m whom he was com pletely out of
&opcb-in a word no more drudgery!
Il twenty years of drudgery! That was
hal his life amounted TO. Not for him
"a spirit of love that softens and the
IN thoughts that sanctify daily tasks;
rIy the grudging gift of obligatory toll.
was written on his face, in lines mark
by twenty years-no, not quite twenty
q M had thought differently at tirst-but
more than 4 dozen years of discomfort
ID repining 1t was q pity, too, for the
be- was one of great possibilities, cloud
over by dullness of heart that fails to
IN through the service the Master who is
Nryed
d Even now he had no regret for the kind
In friend who had left him a goodly
$hsre of his property, no thought that
I'm hand which had ever been ready to
AL him and many another, was helpless
8ow hencefOrth, no spirit of gratitude
Ia his last loving gift; only a selfish
8eI.ure in his own good luck, and a feel
LIZ Of discomfort that it had been so long
ID coming. And thus thinking, he rose
HID went TO see his vicar to make arrange.
cuts for the visit to the lawyer, which
d ust precede his taking possession of his
lev inheritance.
a he found no difficulty in obtaining
pave of absence for the purpose. The
car was kind and open-hearted man,
~ pleased at his curate's unexpected
Rrosperity.
We'll. Jenfer,n he said, ~ am very
sd for you, though You can't appreciate
IS much as if you had a wife and family
DEPENDENT on you. All the same you
age ny hearty congratulations
II Ah' said Mr.. Jenifer, "things general
COME too late. Now If this had hap
fened when | was ten years younger
pa Offence it would have made to
ym
But your friends life was very val
3ab.s one to many, was it not?" sand the
8lcar From all have heard of him
Eo1ld think that even now there will be
enty of people TO say that the end has
pine ten years too soon, rather than too
b."
i Why he was nearly &C." said Jenifer,
Il Vie fact were rather reproach to
old man Then he FASTENED away to
axe preparations for leaving.
lac wears wife came III as the curate
sDt OUT She found hsr husband gazing
f'her sadly into the dull street.
Mary, my dear he said, it is my be-
e' that after the miracle of the loaves
"a hshes there were soma among the
wv who complained that the bread was
ale and the fish not so fresh as it might
aye been"
AeahRhlle Clement Jenifer was speed
o. TO London to see his lawyer. He
una there was one condition which he
u'V iulhll before he could call himself
asVef OF house sNd income. Mr.. Dacre
only wllled Waterdell Hall to him
lasr the proviso that he should pass
night IN the house entirely alone.
4r Jeniter laughed when this clause
a read to him.
mats not very hard thing to do"
~ ne But was Mr.. Dacres brain
.,e1ing when he made his willf"
y Not ~ al answered the lawyer short
any Que who saw Mr.. Dacre in his
uoefs VIII tell you that the dear old
Alhd was as clear to the end as in
oe'l days. When you go to Water
'l you Will not please your poor neigh
Le'S II you suggest TO them that the
Nso was so universally beloved and
'.sl vas crazy. | have no doubt this
eH winch he instructed me to deliver
1 !o' personally, will explain the mat.
VAS however, not the case. The
'' out short one, and gave no
TOT the testator's wish, except
mad inherited Waterdell Hall
''e same stipulation that he had
u thankful for having carried it
.. all hoped that though his friend
~ 1eniter was older that he him
D'en when he came into the
ior, he wrote with a touch
'I'uAry humor, II have been, like
IT. an lnconsolable time adv.
!e9 mat solitary night passed in
$3.50 nome would prove as great
us 20 MIN as it had been 10 the
I 20 without further explana-
una Dacre. ''''' "'0 ! l ieiiu
.s "a ALL Clement Jenife- never
made ridiculops. and he
s.'sa..tI "' ms will went very near that
s-.s-.''!, let he could not lose his in
- Tor fear of being ebsurd 40
an business instructions from
,,, !e', no went to the hotel for that
s,a,5s9 next morning started for
s.s.s. ne put up at little inn in
b. +. ~. market town before proceed.
-. as destination, where. the lauver
ar. i. MIN, he would find al
ssIv - mess to receive him for his
D. f,g 81 II Vigil it was to be. The inn
~ o. farms,s n, nm